20th Century
The Berlin Airlift: The World’s Largest Ever Air Supply Operation (Images of Aviation)
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This book is worth having for the illustrations alone. The 1940’s were the golden age for black and white photojournalism and The Berlin ...Read Review
The People’s Army in the Spanish Civil War: A Military History of the Republic and International Brigades 1936-1939
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The Spanish Civil War spilled a great deal of blood at the time and still spills great quantities of ink, which is surprising ...Read Review
The Spanish Flu Epidemic and Its Influence on History
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The influenza pandemic of 1918, which killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide, dwarfed the catastrophe of the First World War – except that it did ...Read Review
The Day the Sun Fell
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On August 6, 1945, fourteen-year-old Bun Hashizume started her day in Hiroshima under a serene, blue sky. She walked along the road on her way ...Read Review
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World’s Most Glamorous Ship
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This non-fiction account opens with the post-WWII Italian Line proudly constructing and outfitting its most luxurious passenger ship, the Andrea Doria. Three years ...Read Review
Open Fire
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Sometimes all it takes is one woman. 1917. After word of her brother’s desertion reaches Katya’s ear, she joins Maria Bochkareva’s ...Read Review
Louder Than Words (The Heroes Quartet)
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Eldina Sternik is a kind and bright girl. At age twelve, she cares for her younger sisters, reads voraciously, helps her mother with ...Read Review
Hunger Winter
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In this debut novel for middle-grade students, Rob Currie has crafted the remarkable story of a young Dutch boy who finds his life ...Read Review
Westside Saints (A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery)
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Historical FantasyMystery/Crime
The sequel to Westside, Westside Saints is part alternate history, urban fantasy, mystery, and time-slip―a frenetic roller coaster ride through 1922 Prohibition-era Manhattan. ...Read Review
Coming Up for Air
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Three timelines. Three stories. Three lives. Coming Up for Air is an exquisite story of medical advancement. By successfully balancing these three stories, ...Read Review